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Cowperson · 12-11-2006, 08:06 AM

In the New York Times today, this story which is bound to . . . . do nothing in Kansas:

A surprisingly recent instance of human evolution has been detected among the peoples of East Africa. It is the ability to digest milk in adulthood, conferred by genetic changes that occurred as recently as 3,000 years ago, a team of geneticists has found.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/sc...b7b&ei=5087%0A

Cowperson

12-11-2006, 08:06 AM	#1
Cowperson CP Pontiff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A pasture out by Millarville Exp:	A demonstration of contemporary human evolution In the New York Times today, this story which is bound to . . . . do nothing in Kansas: A surprisingly recent instance of human evolution has been detected among the peoples of East Africa. It is the ability to digest milk in adulthood, conferred by genetic changes that occurred as recently as 3,000 years ago, a team of geneticists has found. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/sc...b7b&ei=5087%0A Cowperson __________________ Dear Lord, help me to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. - Anonymous